Water policy-makers, water users of all sectors and scientists and academics, water utilities managers, consultants and other water professionals from all over the world are invited to reflect, debate and present state-of-the art oral and poster presentations related to the leading challenges in water management, supply and sanitation, finance and policy, from an economics, statistical, and financial framework.

Main target-topics are:

Water resources management:

Sustainable management of water resources

IWRM

Decision-making frameworks that are appropriate under increasing uncertainties due to climate change

Disaster risk management (droughts and flooding)

Economics of water security

Sustainable groundwater management

Water governance, regulation, and institutional frameworks:

Tools for good governance

Indicators for good water governance

Case studies of good water governance

Water statistics and data collection methods:

Data-collection strategy

Data sources and methods

Metadata and data quality

Urban water supply and sanitation:

Financing urban water and sanitation utilities

Efficient water tariff structures and affordability

Assessing urban water and sanitation utility’s performance

IWRM approach applied in an urban context

Rural water supply and sanitation:

Shift from traditional rural supply approaches focused on infrastructure provision towards the supply of a reliable service in the long run

Sustainability for basic rural sanitation

Financial policy for rural water and sanitation

Agricultural water management:

Improving agricultural water productivity

Adaptation strategies for agricultural water management under climate change

Environmental impacts of agricultural water management

Submitted papers will be presented in oral or poster platform and selected papers will be peer reviewed to be published in scientific journals. Abstracts must be submitted ( extended deadline) by September 15, 2016.